Little Leo's Nursery

Celebrating World Book Day all week long at nursery! 📚✨
The children have been enjoying lots of wonderful story times, exploring story-inspired tuff trays, and dressing up as their favourite book characters. From feeding the very hungry caterpillar to climbing the beanstalk with Jack, our little learners have loved bringing their favourite stories to life through play and imagination. 🌱🐛🌈
It has been a fantastic week encouraging a love of books, storytelling and creativity! 💚📖
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21 looks good on you, Katie! 🎉🎂
Wishing our wonderful team member the happiest birthday. Thanks for everything you do for the children and the nursery 💗

Our toddlers explored a “worm hunt” tuff tray filled with soil, wiggly worms and creepy crawlies. This hands-on activity sparked curiosity, encouraged fine motor skills, and inspired lots of imaginative conversations about what lives underground.🪱🍃

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✨ Ramadan 2026 ✨

Our little learners explored the beauty of Ramadan through this hands-on sensory tray 🌙⭐ Using rice and natural materials, we created moons and stars while talking about kindness, gratitude, and helping others 💛
We also enjoyed reading books about Ramadan 📚, helping us understand why Muslims fast, pray, and celebrate this special month.

A gentle and meaningful way to introduce Ramadan through play, stories, and conversation ✨

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A huge thank you to Darren from Little Football Legends for delivering a brilliant football session for our preschool children. From dribbling to balancing and scoring goals, everyone got involved and had so much fun!⚽️💕

Happy Pancake Day🥞✨

Today we celebrated Pancake Day with our very own Pancake Station! The children loved choosing their toppings – from sweet strawberries and bananas to honey, sugar, lemon and chocolate spread. 🍓🍌🍯🍋

Celebrating Chinese New Year in our nursery 🧧✨
Our little learners have been busy exploring the traditions of Chinese New Year through hands-on, sensory play! From scooping and pouring colourful rice, practising their fine motor skills with chopsticks, to recognising numbers and creating beautiful lantern designs — every activity has helped spark curiosity about different cultures and celebrations.
This year we welcome the Year of the Horse 🐎 — a symbol of strength, energy and perseverance. We’ve loved watching the children engage, explore and learn through play as they discovered new traditions together.
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Our little ones have been getting into the Valentine’s spirit with lots of hands-on, heart-filled fun ❤️
From exploring our sensory trays filled with pink sand and rose petals, to scooping, pouring and shaping heart creations, the children have loved discovering different textures and using their fine motor skills. 🌸✨
We’ve also been getting creative decorating our own heart crafts with paint and glitter — making beautiful masterpieces to celebrate love and friendship. 🎨💖

So much learning through play with our Very Hungry Caterpillar sensory activity 🐛✨
The children loved exploring the foods, retelling the story, and feeding the hungry caterpillar while building their language, fine motor skills, and imagination 📖🍓🥕
Story time really does come to life when little hands get involved 💚

Our preschoolers worked together to design and build their very own zoo/farm enclosure using wooden blocks and animal figures. Through imagination, teamwork and problem-solving, they shared ideas, negotiated spaces and brought their creations to life. A wonderful example of collaborative, child-led learning in action ✨

Today we explored feelings through colour 🎨💛
Inspired by The Colour Monster, our toddlers dived into a sensory tray filled with textures, colours and emotions. Watching them scoop, squeeze, sort and chat about how colours make them feel was pure magic ✨ Learning through play at its best!
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